The caliphate, the hejaz and the Saudi-Wahhabi nation-state

by Imran N. Hosein

This book, written 36 years ago in 1976, is in fact a chapter of my thesis on 'Post-Caliphate Islam and the Search for a New Islamic Public Order' for a PhD in International Relations at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva.

I left Geneva in 1979 without defending the (almost completed) PhD thesis and spent the next five years attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago. I eventually realized after leaving Geneva, that my research in the thesis subject would remain incomplete without a proper study and understanding of Islamic eschatology.

It took me another 36 years to grasp Islamic eschatology and even then, I must confess that there are parts of the subject which still elude understanding. Nevertheless I have decided to establish Insha Allah, an Institute of Islamic Eschatology, where the subject can be taught. No such institution now exists anywhere in the Muslim world.

This revised edition of the book includes that eschatological analysis of the subject that was missing in the first edition.

We now know, because of Islamic eschatology, that the Islamic Caliphate will be restored with the advent of Imam al-Mahdi and the return of Jesus ('alaihi al-Salam) in perhaps another 25-30 years; but we also know that it is not possible for it to be restored so long as the Gog and Magog world-order persists.

Genres: Islam, Nonfiction, History, Religion

105 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

He was born in the Caribbean island of Trinidad in 1942 from parents whose ancestors had migrated as indentured labourer from India. He is a graduate of the Aleemiyah Institute in Karachi and has studied at sevaral instutions of higher learning including the University of Karachi,the University of the West Indies, Al Azhar University and the Graduate Institute of International Relations in Switzerland

He worked for several years as a Foreign Service Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago but gave up his job in 1985 to devote his life to the mission of Islam.

He lived in New York for ten years during which time he served as the Director of Islamic Studies for the Joint Committee of Muslim Organizations of Greater New York. He lectured on Islam in several American and Canadian universities, colleges, churches, synagogues, prisons, community halls, etc. He also participated in many inter-faith dialogues with Christian and Jewish scholars while representing Islam in USA. He was the Imam, for sometime, at Masjid Dar al-Qur'an in Long Island, New York. He also led the weekly Juma'ah prayers and delivered the sermon at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan once a month for ten years continuously.

He is a former Principal of the Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies in Karachi, Pakistan, Director of Research of the World Muslim Congress in Karachi, Pakistan, Director of the Islamic Institute for Education and Research in Miami, Florida, and Director of D'awah for Tanzeem-e-Islami of North America.

He has traveled continuously and extensively around the world on Islamic lecture-tours since graduating from the Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies in 1971 at age 29. And he has also written more than a dozen books on Islam that have invariably been received with public respect. Indeed, 'Jerusalem in the Qur'an - An Islamic View of the Destiny of Jerusalem' has become a best seller and has been translated and published in several languages

Reviews

[Ruba AlTurki · Rating 5 out of 5]

كان من الضروري أن أترك المراجعة لوقت لاحق.. بعض الكتب والافكار تحتاج لتركها وتتشربها ببطء لتدركها بوعي وشفافية.
من المؤسف حقاً أننا أمة تبكي على الاطلال ومن المؤسف أكثر أن يحدد لنا مايُبكى عليه ومالا يذكر حتى لأسباب جلية واضحة.
سقوط الخلافة الأمر العظيم المزلزل وقلة الحديث عنه بحجة أن الدولة كانت تحتضر أمر مخجل حقاً خصوصاً حين تقرأ وجهة نظر عن هذا السقوط ولا تجد وجهات نظر اخرى :(
الخديعة العظمى والحيلة البارعة التي استفاد منها من استفاد وبقية الامة شهدت موت أملها مع سقوط الخلافة.
قضية الحجاز- او مكة والمدينة- لا استطيع الا ان اوافق الاستاذ عمران بكل ماقاله وازيد..وادري ان الحديث في هذا الموضوع صعب ودقيق ومثير لنزعات الكثير فكما قلت اولا تحتاج لترك هذا الموضوع يستقر امامك ويركد لتراه بوضوح كبركة ماء..تحتاجها راكدة لترى انعكاسك.

[FAIZAN KHAN · Rating 5 out of 5]

This Book Will Inform You In A Very Concise Fashion About What's Been Going On In Islamic Politics Since The Last Century, How The Downfall Of The Islamic Khilafah System Came About And How Did Modern Day "Islamic-States" Came About, Where The Presidence Is Given To The State Rather Than Devine Laws.

Since The Time Islam Secularised, It Has Been Rendered Powerless. It Hurts To Write This
(Look At Kashmirs, Palestinians, Syrians etc)

So The Only Solution Now Would Be The Restoration Of Dar-Al-Islam And The Caliphate.
Which According To A Famous Prophesy By Prophet Muhammed ﷺ Will Soon Entail Before The Hour.

[Bilal Ketfi · Rating 3 out of 5]

كتاب مهم، ثري، مليء بالمعلومات التاريخية القيّمة الغائبة عن الكتب و المناهج الدراسية ( العربية ) ، كاتب غني عن التعريف الشيخ عمران حسين حفظه الله .

تريد أن تعرف ماذا حدث للخلافة الإسلامية؟ عدم عودتها من جديد ؟ أنصحك ( بشدّة ) بقراءة هذا الكتاب القيّم الذي أعتبره من الكتب النادرة التي تتحدّث عن حقيقة آل سعود في المملكة العربية ( السعودية ) و دورها في "ضياع" العالم الإسلامي و زوال الخلافة الإسلامية و انعدام أسباب عودتها من جديد.

[Shahriyor Abdulfattoh]

This book exposes the reality of early twentieth century and the abolishment of caliphate

[Fahad · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book gives a detailed perspective of the demise of the Institute of Caliphate. Also throws light on the roles of Muslims of various region, in this context, particularly focusing that of Saudi-Wahabis. It's a must read for any Muslim Political-Science Student.

[Khaled El Sayed · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the type of book that every one should read, simple truth of what the hell happened in the last 150 years

If you give ur self a moment of pure thinking of what you read you will understand a lot of what happening today in the crazy Arab world

[Nur · Rating 5 out of 5]

awesome and something to think about ...
screw up the saudi-wahhabi nation-state.